{"id":270789,"date":"2026-06-18T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/270789\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:08:09","slug":"viewing-pens-filled-to-capacity-hours-before-knicks-nyc-canyon-of-heroes-ticker-tape-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/270789\/","title":{"rendered":"Viewing pens filled to capacity hours before Knicks NYC Canyon of Heroes ticker-tape parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of Knicks fans were turned away from Thursday\u2019s Knicks ticker-tape parade after the viewing pens along the Canyon of Heroes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/06\/17\/ten-thousand-cops-protect-knicks-ticker-tape-parade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filled to capacity<\/a> more than two hours before the celebration is set to kick off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll viewing pens are full,\u201d NYPD officials announced on X at 7:30 a.m. \u201cNo one else will be allowed in the viewing area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/06\/16\/the-knicks-ticker-tape-parade-in-nycs-canyon-of-heroes-steps-off-thursday-what-you-need-to-know\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parade is set to kick off at 10 a.m. and end at City Hall<\/a>, where the Knicks will be awarded the keys to the city. Fans were encouraged to arrive early to secure a spot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A street sign reading &quot;Champions Way&quot; is posted along Broadway known as the &quot;Canyon of Heroes&quot;, ahead of the New York Knicks' ticker-tape parade, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in New York. \" width=\"7905\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26168829122222.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9113615\" \/>A street sign reading &#8220;Champions Way&#8221; is posted along Broadway known as the &#8220;Canyon of Heroes&#8221;, ahead of the New York Knicks&#8217; ticker-tape parade, Wednesday in New York. (Yuki Iwamura\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>Knicks fans who did manage to grab a spot have been warned if they leave the viewing pens for any reason, they will not be allowed reentry.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 police officers have been assigned to the parade route \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/06\/17\/ten-thousand-cops-protect-knicks-ticker-tape-parade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largest NYPD deployment ever<\/a> for a planned event. On Wednesday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the crowds expected to cheer on the NBA champs are estimated to be \u201cin the millions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scores of Knicks fans were turned away from Thursday\u2019s Knicks ticker-tape parade after the viewing pens along the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[262,263,266,85,75,21,22697,9,24,264,1104,12,56,63,261,65,64,319,265],"class_list":["post-270789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-manhattan","tag-nba","tag-neighborhood","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sports","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}